Note: The basking shark and great white shark shown here are ... but they pose no threat to humans." Basking sharks are filter feeders, so they swim with their mouths open to collect tiny plankton.

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

Basking Shark This poem compares the paths of the evolution of humans and basking sharks. The sharks lead lives relatively unchanged for millions of years, but humans, on the other hand ...

Basking sharks are typically not considered dangerous to humans, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History, and primarily eat zooplankton. On Monday, another video of a possible shark ...